Posted by Daniel Strohl -
Don Orosco's re-creation of one of the three Scarab Formula 1 cars is certainly impressive, but the restoration of the Bartoletti-bodied Fiat transporter that hauled the cars is monumental. Fortunately, Don took plenty of pictures of that process and posted them to his site.
* With the Pininfarina X, the Gordon Diamond and a handful of others mentioned in passing, we thought we'd cataloged all the known diamond-layout cars built, but leave it to Michael Banovsky at BCOTD to come up with another, the 1974 Mich... Read On>>

Posted by Daniel Strohl -
It certainly makes sense to convert old mail trucks into ice cream trucks - neither has to move fast, but they do have to keep running and moving all day long; they both have to haul their own particular loads; and they both were designed to navigate suburban and city streets. Which is why, come to think of it, we're surprised we don't see more old mail Jeeps like this 1966 Jeep FJ-6 for sale on Hemmings.com refurbished and converted into ice cream trucks. From the seller's description:
One of a kind ice cream truc...Read On>>

Posted by Daniel Strohl -
Some of the acting's a little gee-whiz, and the dubbing is way off, but Wishes on Wheels, a 26-minute journey through the mid-Fifties Plymouth assembly line process, includes plenty of excellent color footage of the Savoy assembly line from bare frame to finished car. So seamless makes you wonder why we need robots to do half the jobs seen here nowadays.
* Our pal Steve Donohoe sent along this quick vid of the recent Amphicar Swim-In from Port Clinton, Ohio, to the Lake Erie islands. Looks like fun.
* Finally,...Read On>>

Posted by Kurt Ernst -
The 1977 model year was the final one for the plus-size Monte Carlo, which would switch from the GM A-body platform to the G-body platform for 1978. Chevrolet built 411,038 examples of its personal luxury coupe in the final year of second-generation production, but most have long since gone on a one-way trip to the scrapyard. This low-mileage 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, for sale on Hemmings.com, appears to be one of the better examples remaining, with the seller (the car’s second owner) stating that just 29,582 mi...Read On>>

Posted by Daniel Strohl -
Photo by Steve Tremulis.
When Preston Tucker's automobile factory closed, it left behind the makings of more than a dozen additional vehicles, some of them rather easy to assemble, some a little more difficult. Now, more than 65 years later, one of the latter will soon make has made its public debut and become quite possibly the last Tucker to ever be built.
For the last quarter century, the total number of Tucker 48s built (not including the Tin Goose prototype) has stood at 51: 37 built and sold from the facto...Read On>>

Posted by Kurt Ernst -
1955 Hudson Italia, chassis IT10024. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company.
Chrysler's relationship with Italian design firm Ghia brought it a fair amount of time in the spotlight, a fact that did not go unnoticed by rival automaker Hudson. Fresh from the success of the Hudson Hornet in NASCAR, and looking for a way to market its new-for-1953 Jet compact, Hudson contracted with Italy's Carrozzeria Touring on a Jet-based grand tourer, ultimately called the Italia. Counting the initial prototype, 26 w...Read On>>

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